The Crippendales via channel4.com Channel 4’s 4oD streaming TV service features a whole category of Disability programming. Many of the documentaries screened by the channel can be found on their site as well as fictional series like the fantastic “Cast Offs”. If there’s something you’ve missed recently, check it out! Posted via email from meJamie
Two years ago I had a Spinal Cord Stimulator implanted in the hope that it would help me cope with my chronic pain. It worked very well.….For the first year. During the second year it gradually got less and less effective and my pain rose to the level it had been before the implant was fitted.
During the summer I realised that the situation was only going to get worse, so I called the Walton Centre in Liverpool for help. They arranged a clinic appointment for me and then a follow up appointment with my new consultant.
He was honest and told me that he feared the loss of efficacy was due to me becoming tolerant to the device but he agreed to upgrade the electrode I had implanted in my back. He told me that I would be invited back in November to have the surgery I needed.
It’s Official — Hospitals Are Boring!! Well, haven’t I had a really exciting couple of days? I was due to be admitted into the Walton Centre on Wednesday so that my Warfarin could be stopped ready for my Op on Monday. The letter said get here by 10am but it also said to speak to the Bed Manager before you […]
Here’s a piece on the BBC website suggesting that scientists have found the key to blood clotting. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/8082692.stm Work being carried out at Harvard University could lead to the development of new treatments for blood disorders. As someone that’s been told I need to take Warfarin for the rest of my life, this could be fantastic news!
Chronic Venous Insufficiency The deep veins of you body are designed to return blood from the extremities back to the lungs and heart ready for re-circulation. This function is assisted by a pump process formed by your calf muscles. When the muscles contract, they force blood up through the vein. The blood is then stopped from flowing backwards by […]
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Disabled People Just recently I acquired the domain http://DisabledPeople.org and decided I would use it as a review/resource blog for anything on the web that might be of interest to disabled people. I’ve started off with a few site reviews and a couple of articles about some of the essential things disabled people need to know about. My feeling is that there are […]
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